He was enrively against the compradore system. The Japanese, the Russians, and the big combinations over employed compradores.nowa. days and this system would answer for Manchuria, There was plenty of business to be dono and tone German firm established Harbin last year sold £150,009 worth of hardware, and employed its own salesmen to do it. British firms must take up selling on the same lines and he thought that the textile firms which had. started ow these ines were doing hotter thaw any of them realized," There were. about 6,000 motor ears and motor lorries in the country, but he doubt: ed whether there were 20 British machines, There were at lerist 2,000 American cars gin Mukden alone. "Manchuria was a Tevet country on the whole, and, though there were no roads, none were niecesary. The development of the motor trade possessed enormous Ax regards currency, this was at present dominated by the Japanese yen, although the Chinese stuck ta silver. The currency was not in a satisfactory condition for many reasons. It would be ocdllected that the late Chang Tso-lin issued sxbout 2,000,000,000 dollar notes. te support his war schemes, and these att present enjoyed only one-sixtiotk of their face value, Credit was vital, and about fifteen to. thirty, days' was required.
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